SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY HALE UAV DESIGN Figure 1-2 MQ-9 Reaper The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper(formerly named Predator B)is an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations,developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems(GA- ASI)primarily for the United States Air Force.UAVs are also commonly referred to as drones by the media.The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft(RPV/RPA)by the U.S.Air Force to indicate their human ground controllers.The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance,high-altitude surveillance.Figure 1-2 shows MQ-9 Reaper 3.RQ-4A Global Hawk Figure 1-3 RQ-4A Global Hawk The Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk is an unmanned(UAV) surveillance aircraft.It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical(now part of -9-HALE UAV DESIGN - 9 - Figure 1 - 2 MQ-9 Reaper The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (formerly named Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA￾ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force. UAVs are also commonly referred to as drones by the media. The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the U.S. Air Force to indicate their human ground controllers. The MQ-9 is the first hunter-killer UAV designed for long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance. Figure 1 - 2 shows MQ-9 Reaper 3. RQ-4A Global Hawk Figure 1 - 3 RQ-4A Global Hawk The Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk is an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of